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MODERN LIFESTYLE IS HARMFUL TO THE SPINE

Posted by jhanok on 01/25/2010 None comments

In recent years, people’s living standards and work environment has greatly improved, but due to accelerating pace of living, increase in work pressure and sedentary lifestyle, waist and back disease is growing at a remarkable rate. Four out of five adult have at least one bout of back pain sometime during their life. In fact, pain is the most common reasons for health care visits and missed work.

* 5 Harmful Habits *

  • Twisting when lifting

So many people do not bend their knees and even twist when lifting heavy objects.

  • Obesity and lack of exercise

Excess body weight, especially around the wrist, weak muscles and less flexibility can lead to back pain.

  • Smoking Tobacco

Nicotine blocks the transport of oxygen and important nutrients to the spine’s disc. Starved of oxygen, the discs are much less able to repair themselves and tend to collapse at a much earlier age than is seen in non-smokers. This degenerative disc disease can lead to chronic back pain.

  • Bad posture

Slouched shoulders, head down, knees locked places an enormous amount of stress on the spine

  • Ignoring the pain

If back pains are left untreated or allowed to progress, can lead to a severe disability.

  • Other risk factor… Aging

Bone strength and muscle elasticity decreases. Ligaments thicken and disc dry up. Low back pain can be caused by disease such as disc degeneration, lumbar stenosis and spondylolisthesis.

HEALTH PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE SPINE

Posted by jhanok on 01/24/2010 None comments

Unhealthy spine affects the body’s ability to grow and develop appropriately, and to work effectively and efficiently. The health problems thay may be caused by the nerves of the thoracic and lumbar spine are:
• Asthma cough
• Shortness of breath
• Heart problem
• Bronchitis
• Pneumonia
• Influenza
• Muscle spasms
• Sexual dysfunction
• Gall bladder problems
• Liver conditions
• Poor circulation
• Blood pressure problem
• Anemia
• Arthritis
• General stomach problems
• Menstrual troubles
• Indigestion
• Gastritis
• Ulcers
• Detrimental to diabetes condition
• Low immune system
• Nervousness

IMPORTANCE OF YOUR SPINE

Posted by jhanok on 01/21/2010 None comments

A healthy spine contributes to the well-being and quality of life. The spine is the pillar of the human body. It is essentially responsible for nearly every move we make. It also protects the spinal cord, which insulate the nerves. These nerves connect to our brain to various organs and muscles, sending and transmitting messages for movement and body function to the rest of the body.
The spine is a column of bones called vertebrae. Human body is composed of 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumber, 5 sacral, and 3-5 coccyx vertebrae. Surrounded by the spine, the spinal cord, nerves, blood vessels and lymph nodes are linked together.
The functions of the spinal cord depend on the condition of the vertebrae. When the mobility of the vertebrae becomes dull, the reflexes become dull. When the spine is distorted, the nerves are compressed, and as a result, all the organs controlled by those nerves will not perform properly. The purpose of therapy is to correct the distorted vertebrae and normalize the functions of the organs, muscles, tissues and nerves.